Mornin’ all - Up a bit early at 0530 & now balconatin’ & caffinatin’ as the sky slowly lightens. Venus looking big and bright, and a line of puffy clouds a mile or three offshore. Almost too breezy to be comfy, but all else is sooo nice. NWS sez 81/27 on the way to 91/33 with scattered t-storms later.
Had finished my laundry activities yesterday, so ready for housekeepers today. Went out to a seafood place I’d heard of that proved to be scruffier than expected. Evidently more locally famous for being famous than actually famous for merit. Oh well.
But had a good set of raw oysters & a very cheap NZ Sauv Blanc then moved to a nicer white-tablecloth Italian place with a great happy hour for round 2: A big salsiccia w roasted peppers washed down with a couple good Amarones.
As to y’all:
Sensei: Hooray for raisin’ 'em up right! You’re obviously the best sort of Dad. Even if you do lose chargers now and again. 
oopsie & JtC: Despite the vast choice of state plates on cars around here I gotta say Maryland drivers seem pretty rare. I have impression of what their plates even look like. The state has such a small population they can’t have much of a diaspora. But folks driving as if there are no other cars than their own are sure common regardless of plate.
As to ramadas and various regional terms: I think that thar in West Virginnie they might just a call it the “wood tent” but pronounced more like “wud tint”. So like the ceemint pond, but sticks up, not down.
Seriously, another vote that “pavilion” is the term from much of the Midwest, so that’s got some hope of being recognizable to your locals.
There are as many recipes as there are folks with knives in kitchens. Some are mostly onion, some are barely onion. But yeah, it’s easy for fresh sharp onions to overwhelm the flavor. IMO the stuff is tastier after it sits for a few hours.
Congrats on finding a good dentist / oral surgeon. Here’s to a speedy and complication-free recovery. During the soft food / chew gently phase of recovery it’s a great excuse to eat lots of ice cream. Even if you need to let it sit out to nearly room temp first. Just sayin’
There’s not a button somewhere inside the car that opens the trunk? Color me surprised if so. Or is that button broken on your car?
Sounds like the whole thing was an exercise in well-handled vexation. I have a few dollars parked in an envelope tucked in my car just for the occasions where I need to buy something and have forgotten my wallet or whatever. Also is a way to buy gas if away from home and my card or their reader are broken. Avoids the extra round trip to retrieve wallet / purse or worse yet, getting stranded someplace w no gas and no way to pay.
Yikes about your standoff. The closest I came to that scenario was while I was at the oyster place last night the paramedics, cops, and a firetruck noisily arrived at the Pubic sto’ in the same center. Seems to have been a medical event, not a criminal one. But all the noise & commotion did stop convo for awhile in the fish joint.
Great typo. I’ve heard of bear claws so named because they resemble, well, the foot & claws of a bear. I wonder what a cinnamon bum resembles? How do they make those? 
As to me and today:
No clue whatsoever. Later today will need to knock out the laundry the housekeepers will soon create, but other than that and food and drink, there’s naught needs doin’, and all day to do it in.
Cheers and best fishes as Hump Day unfolds!
